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Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell reiterated yesterday that the Fed is not in a rush to cut rates but that it will cut sometime this year and that the recent jump in inflation didn’t ‘materially’ change their policy outlook. The latter was enough to send the market higher with joy. Stocks and bonds gained as the US dollar retreated sharply, leaving no room for the ECB doves to enjoy a softer than expected inflation data.
Up next, investors will be watching the weekly jobless claims and job cuts as they wait for Friday’s jobs data.
Elsewhere, gold traded past...

Is the bullrun cut short this time or should you get prepared to buy in at these prices?

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Mood was down in Asia today as the strongest earthquake in Taiwan in 25 years led to halted operations in TSM and United Microelectronics.
Elsewhere, Tesla led the EV makers south with disappointing Q1 deliveries while major stock and bond markets in Europe and the US were painted in the red yesterday as rising oil and commodity prices fueled inflation expectations and further strength in the US economic data boosted worries that the Federal Reserve (Fed) may not cut the interest rates as much as wished this year. The market now prices less than three rate cuts from the Fed...

The new quarter started on a hawkish note. TheS&P500 closed the first trading session of the new quarter in the negative after the ISM data unexpectedly jumped into the expansion zo ne in March, the prices accelerated faster than expected and Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow spiked to 2.8% from 2.3%. US US data suggests that the Federal Reserve (Fed) should be in no rush to cut the interest rates. The odds of a June rate cut fell to – and shortly - below 50% yesterday for the first time this year. As such, the US dollar index kicked off the new...

The week starts very slowly as most Western markets are closed for Easter holiday. The US revealed the latest core PCE print on a Good Friday and the Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell spoke after the data. The figures came in line with expectations, the data saw limited reaction due to the Easter break.
The EURUSD kicks off the week under pressure. The yen bulls are nowhere to be found, but the Nikkei index is sharply sold after the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) Tankan index fell in the Q1 for the first time in a year, as oil extends...

The US printed a better-than-expected growth of 3.4% and Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Waller said that the recent economic data deserves delaying rate cuts and reducing the number of them, and that he wants to see ‘at least a couple of months of better inflation data’ before easing. But this is not what the majority of Fed members think. They think on the contrary that three rate cuts would be suitable for this year.
As such, yesterday’s better-than-expected GDP pill went down the market’s throat quite smoothly, as Waller’s hawkish remarks were mostly washed away by the soft-landing bets and bets...

While Bitcoin is trying to come out of the price dump, Chainlink and Avalanche are announcing a partnership.

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European stocks renewed record on Wednesday, the US dollar consolidated gains and the S&P500 stocks got a late-session boost. Yesterday’s price action pointed at a possible end-of-quarter portfolio rebalancing as the session saw the laggards of the quarter like Apple and Tesla gain, and the stars like Microsoft and Nvidia retreat.
Moving forward, extension of stock rally and USD appreciation seem unlikely. One must give. The EURUSD holds ground near the 1.08 level – because the European Central Bank (ECB) looks determined to continue fighting inflation. But a robust GDP and a hot inflation report could break the back of...

Yesterday was a strong day in terms of meme trading and speculation; Donald Trump’s Truth Social flew with its own wings for the first time yesterday and rose up to 60% under the ticker DJT before settling 16% higher at the end of the session, Reddit also saw some nice intraday volatility.
Appetite for meme stocks and cryptocurrencies is back and that’s an important gauge for overall risk appetite. If all goes well, the S&P500 is set to print a fifth consecutive monthly gain – a thing that has not happened since 2013. The major risks to the rally is...

Nikkei index is mostly flat on Tuesday and the yen consolidates above 151 following yesterday’s threat from a Japanese official about a potential intervention to stop excessive bleeding in the yen.
The dollar index gave back field yesterday and the S&P500 consolidated near ATH. Super Micro Computer jumped 7%, while Apple is offered near $170 per share despite chatter that the company could team up with the Chinese Baidu – the Chinese equivalent of Google that’s also active in AI, in hope to boost its iPhone sales in China.
Zooming out, a period of loosening policies will likely support the...